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Principal Naval Architect (Weights)
Reference: BHN585219
Job details
- Start date: ASAP
- Employment type: Permanent
- Date published: 30 March 2025
Job description
Our client, a prominent organisation in the marine industry, is currently recruiting for a Principal Naval Architect specialising in weights to join their team. This permanent role offers hybrid and flexible working opportunities across various locations, including Barrow-In-Furness, Brough, Filton, Frimley, Manchester, Portsmouth, and Weymouth.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the collation strategy for mass properties data to deliver weight and centroid control on multi-billion-pound submarine programmes
- Aggregate weight and centroid reports, present status to the Chief Naval Architect, and generate mitigation plans
- Define and manage the mass budgets for submarine programmes and their breakdown to system level
- Support submarine sea trials
- Create and maintain a comprehensive database of parts mass properties
- Promote a culture of weight control, working with system engineering to integrate weight as a fundamental design constraint
- Conduct R&D activities, promoting the organisation's interests at UK and International Conferences
- Perform conceptual parametric estimations for mass distributions and moments of inertia
- Provide Subject Matter Expert reviews of weight control methodologies for non-submarine programmes
Job Requirements:
- Experience in naval architecture and weight management
- Degree qualified in an Engineering or Mathematics subject, or equivalent experience
- Ability to work independently and provide technical leadership
- Experience of weight control on large programmes
- Experience working with large, complex electrical or mechanical systems
- Familiarity with using VBA or Python to automate data manipulation tasks
- Experience using CAD packages and programmes
- Chartered Engineer status or ability to achieve within a year is desirable
Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
- Opportunity to work on sophisticated and advanced marine projects
- Professional development and training opportunities
- Collaborative and supportive work environment
- Comprehensive employee benefits package
If you are a dedicated Principal Naval Architect with expertise in weights looking to contribute to innovative marine projects, we encourage you to apply now and join our client's dynamic team.
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